AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Around 12% higher pipelines: 896 vs 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4102 vs 866
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 472

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2016 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4102 vs 866
PassMark - G2D Mark	574 vs 472

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

363.6x better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4102

866

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

472

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark	4102	866
PassMark - G2D Mark	574	472
Geekbench - OpenCL	17646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	969.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	239.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	115.4
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2486

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Baffin	M98
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	8 August 2016	9 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$86
Place in performance rating	551	549
Price now	$179.50
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	33.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	14
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.2 TFLOPs	800.0 gflops
GPU Power	35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	800
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay